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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I attended a meeting last night in Nenagh, held by north Tipperary IFA. I am glad the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, is in the House. The people of Tipperary are bewildered at the inaction of the Government. This is another obstacle in their way. We were promised reform of the bail laws. We enacted legislation allowing for electronic tagging of known...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes:— the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency Report ‘Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2017’ include:— the waste water treatment at 28 of Ireland’s 179 large urban areas failed to meet European Union standards; — raw sewage from the equivalent of 88,000 people in 38 towns and villages flows into the...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak to this motion. The motion refers to the astounding and shocking findings in the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report, Urban waste water treatment in 2017, particularly wastewater treatment in 28 of Ireland's 179 large urban areas which failed to meet European Union standards. We talk about Brexit and everything else but this is a major indictment on us....

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am trying to. One of the Minister's predecessor, big Phil the enforcer, the former Deputy Hogan, who is currently EU Commissioner, tried to taint all rural dwellers who had septic tanks and their own treatment plants as being the problem, but the problem is here in this damning report by the EPA done under the Minister's watch and which found 179 major failures. That does not include...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am not blaming the Ceann Comhairle at all. Is cara liom é. It is the officials and mandarins who ruled it out. They did so under the Minister's instructions and anything with a money cost gets ruled out. These people are entitled to a modicum of service. They have served this State well. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle has dazzled me now. They have paid their taxes and their rent and...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We will wait in anticipation.

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They have the confidence and supply and are all right.

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We are not aligned to anyone but ourselves.

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted that the Minister of State will accept the motion and that we are supported by many of the Opposition parties but I am disappointed in some I see pontificating gach lá anseo. Every day of the week we hear Deputy Eamon Ryan from the Green Party talking about the environment and everything else yet he is not troubled by this very significant issue that affects rural and...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Níl sé 10 a chlog fós.

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Níl two hours críochnaithe fós.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 34. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the issues raised during his attendance at the European Council meeting in October 2018. [43428/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 115. To ask the Taoiseach the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years. [45465/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45455/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided by his Department or an agency under his auspices to a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45089/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45459/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the consular assistance being provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45530/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45458/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that each Minister of State in his Department has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45463/18]